Bathing dress



Ami} l 1924, 1,489,124,

W, HERTZ BATHING DRESS Filed March 10 1923 the bust holder to cree Patented Apr. 1, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCfi BATEING DRESS.

Application filed larch 10, 1928. Serial No. 624,173.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER HERTZ, a citizen of the German Republic, residing at 26 to 28 Christophstrasse, Cologne-onthe-Rhine, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bathing Dresses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a bathin dress combined with a bust support secured thereto.

In a preferred form of my invention, I provide a band in the rear portion of said dress, which band is preferably made f hosiery and serves for maintaining the said bust support in position against the action of forces tending to pull it in a forward or upward direction.

Preferably, the free ends of the bust sup port are held by buttons and a plurality of button holes arranged in success-ion.

In the drawings aifixed to this specification, a bathing dress made in accordance with my invention is illustrated by way of example. In the drawings-- Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of my improved bathing dress, the front portion being left out for the sake of simplicity.

ig. 2 is a diagrammatic plan view Show ing the arrangement of the bust holder in the dress.

The dress 1 is secured on the shoulders of the wearer by the usual buttons 2. The bust support 3 which is closed in front by means 0 buttons 4, is connected with the dress by means of the bands 5. These bands are provided with a plurality of button holes 6 arranged in succession in the lon itudinal direction of the said bands. e buttons 7 of the bust support 3 are inserted in one of said button holes 6 in the bands 5, according to the stature of the wearer. This makes a suitable connection between the dress and the bust support.

In order to overcome any tendency of in a forward and upward direction, a and 8 shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and preferably made of elastic material, is secured to the waist part of said dress at diametrically opposite points 8.

My improved dress maintains the figure of the wearer perfect and good looking during bathing.

do not desire to be limited to the dress shown and described, for obviously my invention may be modified in various ways without departing from the spirit thereof.

I claim:

1. A bathin dress comprising an outer garment including a waist portion .and a bust support having only two diametrically opposite points of its waist portion fixed to the inner waist portion of said garment below the armpits, bands extending from the shoulder portions of said garment and means for connecting the loose front portions of said support to said bands.

2. A bathin dress comprising an outer garment inclu ling a waist portion and a bust support having only two diametrically opposite points of its'waist portion fixed to the inner waist portion of said garment below the arm pits and an elastic band extending loosely from said fixed partsacross the back portion of said garment.

3. A bathing dress (omprisin an outer garment including a waist portion, a bust support having only two diametrically opposite points of its waist portion fixed to the inner waist portion of said garment below the arm pits, an elastic band extending loosely from said fixed parts across the back portion of said garment, bands extending from the shoulder portion of said garment and means to which the bands are adapted for adjustable connection for connecting the loose front portions of said support to said bands.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of two witneses.

WALTER HERTZ. Witnesses:

HENRY W. Hnrmr, MAURICE Fons.

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